Case studies: The webcam trick beast, and the 'wonderland' paedophile

Andrew Caffrey, 23, from Salford, was jailed after blackmailing thousands of girls into sending him indecent images of themselves online over five years. Targeting teenage girls, he would begin chatting to them in a sexual nature before encouraging them to perform sex acts over a webcam.

Andrew Caffrey, 23, from Salford, was jailed after blackmailing thousands of girls into sending him indecent images of themselves online over five years.

Targeting teenage girls, he would begin chatting to them in a sexual nature before encouraging them to perform sex acts over a webcam.

If girls became suspicious or blocked his profile he used two fake profiles pretending to be his friends to convince them he was genuine. And if any girls refused to carry out more sex acts, he threatened to post the videos online. He also met up with one underage girl and sexually exploited her after making contact online.

Caffrey, from Irlam, pleaded guilty to 22 different sex offences, including engaging in sexual activity with a child and possessing indecent photos of children.

He was jailed for three years and also given orders preventing him from using a webcam for five years.

Paedophile Anthony Andrews, previously known as Gary Salt, created a ‘how-to’ guide for men caught grooming children over the internet – including what to say to police when arrested.

A member of an international network of paedophiles known as ‘The Wonderland Club’, Salt was jailed in 1998 after filming himself sexually abusing children. But just six months after his release he was caught uploading indecent images of children in a library in Trafford.

Police found memory sticks containing 250,000 indecent images and a detailed guide on how to groom children over the internet. After pleading guilty to multiple sex offences, Andrews was jailed indefinitely.